RWarehall got that kind of thread this morning (my time) and got nuked immediately.

It's because they allowed themselves to be bullied. Had they ignored the bullies or simply told them to piss off and get over a joke it would have ended right then and there. But the apologies, self flagging and groveling just spurned on the losers to continue.

Possibly to let the short attention span of social media go find something else to fixate on. Go low-profile for a week or so and then go back to "Hey - we have some cool game stuff here!"

Just a guess.

Edit: incorrect use of 'down-low'

That's jumping to conclusions. For all we know the guy (if he's gone) might've been on his way out anyway, either voluntarily or not, and he might've took this last moment to make that post (if he disagreed with the grief it got the first time). **PURELY HYPOTHETICAL**

That's highly unlikely imo. He did not work at GOG very long and so far he seemed to like it (I talked to him a few times and not once did he mention that he wanted to quit).

I certainly agree it's not the most likely scenario.

That reminds me, a day or so ago there was a thread where someone had apparently posted as a blue, and then the blue was removed afterwards, and then the name was changed... but the thread still had the staff posted exclamation mark attached to it.

Weird stuff but perhaps Linko's name was changed rather than his account removed? (for some reason, who knows...just spitballing here)

Although I don't think it was removed by GoG but by others. Since my rep has been being downvoted daily for at least 2 years, I'm sure that makes it easier to spam delete anything I post. If someone else would like to start another, they might have better luck.

The real irony here is that ResetEra, Kotaku and Polygon came out to defend people like Jessica Price who started actually attacking people on Twitter. Proclaiming how she should just be warned, yet these hypocrites want blood when its GoG and don't seem to have a problem with doxxing or firing now.

The doxxing is definitely real. In fact that Daily Dot article blaming the "alt-right" has just doxxed him themselves. What gives them that right? These "moral crusaders" are the worst. GoG and Linko should sue the Daily Dot.

Yes, the issue on the surface was that another ill-advised tweet happened. But apologizing to the loudest minority or not does make a difference. These ISIs (Insult Seeking Idiots ... I dislike the term SJW) usually go for weak targets and like the illusion of power it gives them. If the target doesn't react, they can rant all they want without achieving much and usually go for other targets sooner or later. So not caving in would probably have mitigated later mishaps. But avoiding those mishaps would still have been better. Also not caving in would have gathered GOG support from the other camp for staying true to themselves. ... but waffling back and forth, first alienating one side and then the other, is about the worst thing a company can do. So the PR behaviour of the last months was really an exercise in how to alienate as many customers as possible without attracting new customers. If this was an intentional sabotage, it was a job well done. If it was supposed to be PR for GOG and not against, then it was a very bad job.

Or shorter version: ideally companies should stay away from hot, political topics on volatile social media. Playing with fire is dangerous. But if you decide to play with fire for the attention it generates, then pick a position and stick to it. You will lose some support in that way but gain some from other people. But jumping back and forth in an uncontrolled fashion will just make you look incompetent and insincere.

I hate to say it, but Valve did it right when these "moral crusaders" exploited their reporting algorithms in their vain attempts to remove sexually-themed visual novels. Valve came out strong in proclaiming how they were no longer moderating by taste, and the new line was now illegal content. The screechers at Kotaku/Polygon and the like cried bloody murder, but no one cares now.

The problem is that's what these people do. They make a mountain out of a molehill. You cannot tell me that the Twitter feed of any of these rags doesn't have far more than 4 or 5 Tweets far more offensive than anything posted from a CD Projekt account.

Exactly. Either stay away from sensitive topics entirely. Or take a clear positions and stick to that.

And yes, of course the Insult Seekers are offensive themselves. But double standards are the norm everywhere in the internet and especially on Twits.

I also doubt it has been removed by GOG and I know about the downvoting->marking as spam->removing automatism as well. But this makes me wonder: if somebody who some people or one person with a good bot does not like is creating a thread and inside the thread other people are posting as well is it actually possible that the whole thread will be auto deleted then? I mean, maybe the OP but that would not be possible since without OP there would not be any thread if you know what I mean.

My understanding is that if the OP is deleted, the whole thread goes poof. I believe the rep of the person might affect one's ability to poof it though. Since I made that OP, it was easy to spam delete.

Remember, even in the war with the spammers, sometimes others would reply to tell them off. Yet we could still get those threads deleted.

Then I would say another one could and should try again :)

People have told me years ago that Leftists were "Tolerant"

Yeah Tolerant my A---HOLE!

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I was already rectified yesterday but thanks anyway.